Straight up, this is my favourite camera. Not only this model, but this particular one. It was my Dad’s and he gave it to me about 20 years ago now. It has been sitting in storage, but when I found it I tested it, gave it a clean, applied some oil to the mirror mechanism, and here we are.
My Dad bought it with three lenses I think – I’d have to ask him to be sure. The 50mm f1.4 is now the one always attached as I like to shoot with a standard prime on this camera. When I was a kid it usually had the 28mm f2.8 mounted as that seemed to work best for the sorts of photos that my Dad took, which were mainly travel (landscape, cityscape, and the odd family group shot). He also occasionally used a 80-200mm f4 tele-zoom lens. All three lenses have the silver breach lock ring, and are original Canon FD. I have all three lenses now, along with a Canon 2x teleconverter and a Canon Speedlite 199A bounce flash that he also bought.
So here it is. My favourite camera… specifically this one. It has immense sentimental value to me, as I remember my Dad using it when I was a kid. It’s wonderful to use and has all the basic functionality – I believe it was the first SLR to introduce the now standard PASM modes. Too easy.
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